Critical input disruptions – mapping out the road to EU resilience

We study how disruptions to the supply of foreign critical inputs (FCIs) might affect value added at different levels of aggregation. FCIs are inputs primarily sourced from extra-EU countries with highly concentrated supply, or consisting in advanced technology products, or which are key to the green transition. Using firm-level customs and balance sheet data for Belgium, Spain, France, Italy and Slovenia, our framework allows us to assess how much – and how differently – geoeconomic fragmentation might affect European economies.

How Climate Denial is Fueling a U.S. Homeowners Insurance Crisis and Risking a 2008-Style Financial Meltdown

New research reveals that rising insurance costs, reckless building, regulatory inaction, and big banks' fossil fuel investments are driving a dangerous cycle that jeopardizes homeowners -- and financial stability for everyone.
Everyone’s freaking out about soaring homeowner’s insurance costs in the wake of devastating California fires. Right now popular anger focuses mostly on greedy insurance companies, but is that the whole story? Are they truly the main reason behind these rising premiums, or are other factors at play?

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